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IBC 2018 Invitation
September 3, 2018 - El Dorado Hills, CA - Join us! Nextera is looking forward to an exciting show at IBC this year, partnering with Adeas to deliver the most comprehensive SMPTE based video over IP product line, consisting of ST 2110, ST 2059, and NMOS control...
Arena reveals OBZ, its fourth UHD-HDR IP truck
Arena has revealed its fourth 4K UHD-HDR IP-based outside broadcast vehicle, the OBZ. The truck is “very similar in layout” to its OBX and OBY vehicles and the technical design has once again been created in partnership with Grass Valley.
read moreNAB 2018: NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 Demo
Nextera's Jed Deame demonstrating NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 at the IP Showcase during NAB 2018 May 30, 2018 - El Dorado Hills, CA - In this demonstration, the Nextera/Adeas NMOS/ST2110 Reference Design is running on a KCU105 board (packaged in a 2RU box) and connected to...
What Adoption of SMPTE ST 2110 Means for the Broadcasting Industry
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE®) recently finalized the SMPTE ST 2110 Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks standards suite, which streamlines the transition to video over internet protocol (IP).
read moreSMPTE ST 2110: Structuring the Future of Broadcasting- “This standard is a game changer”
Internet Protocol (IP) technology is the wave of the future for the broadcasting industry, providing more flexibility, scalability, and cost savings, plus increased mobility – IP networks have been deployed just about everywhere, including in the International Space Station and Antarctica. You may even be holding an IP device – your smart phone – in your hand right now.
read moreNEP UK unveils ST 2110 IP-based broadcast vehicles
NEP UK has unveiled Venus and Ceres, the latest outside broadcast vehicles in its fleet to be SMPTE ST2110 compliant, joining NEP’s worldwide family of IP-based vehicles in Australia and the US. The vehicles will be used at major events, sports fixtures and other large scale productions.
read moreNEP adopts SMPTE 2110 and pioneers a new era for broadcasting
The migration of video networks to Internet Protocol (IP) technologies has been one of the most talked about – and misunderstood – topics in broadcasting for some time. Years of uncertainty have finally been settled with the industry’s adoption of SMPTE ST 2110 (or ‘IP 2110’), making ‘any production, anywhere’ a reality, and offering scale and flexibility that until now were hardly imaginable.
read moreNEP announces 2110-based Andrews Hubs, the most advanced broadcast facility of their kind
NEP has been working with IP for several years, mainly for file-based workflows and audio. From a personal perspective I’ve always believed that IT and broadcast would come together at a point in time; however, several things aligned for the Andrews Hubs project and...
Our new mobile IP system can relatively easily be split into sub-systems for smaller events.
Whenever we upgrade or replace our infrastructure we always aim to strike the right balance between what the new technology will allow our clients to do vis-a-vis what they actually need it to do. While technology moves faster in broadcasting than in many other...
NEP unveils first ST 2110 IP-based production truck in North America for ESPN
Every NEP launch pushes the technological envelope. The debut of EN3 for ESPN on March 30, however, was historic: it’s the first truck in North America built around a SMPTE ST 2110 IP routing core. After a long standardization process, SMPTE officially published the first standards within ST 2110 Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks in December, and EN3 is the first mobile unit to be designed and integrated specifically around the new standards suite.
read more“NEP’s first single-truck unit with IP based routing easily adapts to different formats and standards, creating greater flexibility”
I would say NEP is the US outside broadcast (OB) market technology leader in IP-based systems. 1080P, HDR and 4K were topics of daily discussion at NEP several years back, so the move to IP was firmly on our radar. However, we had to time it right to create a format agnostic system that provides a robust path into the future.
read moreNAB Show Showcases Broadcasters’ Move to IP- “without a doubt, IP is destined as an eventual replacement for SDI.”
“SMPTE 2110-30 was developed specifically to make audio as compatible as possible with video. By using the widely-accepted AES67 standard as a base, this new standard allows a wide range of existing audio equipment to harmonize with the rest of the 2110 suite.”
The full title of SMPTE ST 2110-21 is “Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks — PCM Digital Audio.” This standard is closely related to, and heavily based on AES67, which is titled “AES standard for audio applications of networks — High-performance streaming audio-over-IP interoperability.” Although the document titles may not be totally self-explanatory, both standards are all about transmitting raw, uncompressed samples of audio signals directly within RTP/UDP datagrams using an IP network.
read moreWorld’s first Trans-Pacific remote production over IP broadcast
The successful trial was conducted over four days this week between NEP’s centralised, IP (internet protocol) and multi-format production facility at the Sydney Andrews Hub and Telstra’s Los Angeles datacentre – more than 7500 miles (12,000+ km) apart – using ultra-low-latency compression technology and Telstra’s Distributed Production Network (DPN).
read moreWorld’s first transatlantic SMPTE 2110 IP live transmission yields no discernible operational latency
Sony and CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced the successful completion of a test to determine the operational latency of a long-distance Remote Integration (REMI) connection between New York and London. Broadcasters today are challenged to meet an ever-growing demand for video content at the lowest cost possible. However, remote production workflows, which reduce costs, can often result in operational latency when content travels internationally. As part of this test, the companies simulated a live broadcast for a global news organization, resulting in the world’s first transatlantic SMPTE 2110 IP live transmission. The simulation yielded no discernable operational latency on the video sources.
read more2018 NAB Show’s IP Showcase To Map Path To IP- More than 50 manufacturers set to demonstrate IP’s benefits
IP has been a part of the NAB Show for the last few years, but with the approval and publishing of the first documents of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards the path to real-time IP signal flows is clearing and the show floor will feature an IP Showcase that will further illuminate just what is on that path.
read moreSMPTE ST 2110-21: New standard has rules to ensure high-bitrate video streams don’t overwhelm IP networks
The full title of SMPTE ST 2110-21 is “Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks: Traffic Shaping and Delivery Timing for Video.” Both of these terms refer to the same basic topic: how are the packets transmitted over the network, from the perspective of both the sender and the receiver? In other words, how should packet flows be sent into the network “pipes” so as to not cause flooding (of packets)? Answering these questions is crucial for properly provisioning network connections to support as many signals as possible without causing packet congestion, which could lead to packet loss.
read moreSMPTE ST 2110-20: New standard frees up valuable bandwidth
The full title of SMPTE ST 2110-20 is “Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks: Uncompressed Active Video,” and that is a good indication of what is contained in the standard. Specifically, uncompressed video images are transported (just like SDI), but only the data that make up the “active” portion of each video frame. In other words, just the image samples (also called pixels) that comprise the pictures to be delivered to viewers are transported within the new IP video format.
read moreSMPTE Launches Virtual Course on SMPTE ST 2110, Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks
SMPTE®, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances in entertainment technology and whose membership spans the globe, today announced that in March 2018, the Society will offer "Understanding SMPTE ST 2110: Live Production of Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks," an educational program focused on SMPTE ST 2110. Led by SMPTE Fellow Thomas Bause Mason, this SMPTE Virtual Classroom course will provide attendees with the knowledge they need to help their companies make the most of SMPTE ST 2110, a critical enabler of fully internet protocol (IP)-based operations.
read moreSMPTE Publishes ST 2110 Standards For Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks
SMPTE®, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances in entertainment technology and whose membership spans the globe, today announced the publication of the first standards within SMPTE ST 2110, Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks.
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